Report: Drug testing skyrockets at Texas under head coach Charlie Strong

Texas Longhorns head coach Charlie Strong hasn't wasted any time setting a standard of discipline since taking over in January, and that reportedly includes a spike in drug testing.

The number of tests is nearly double under Strong compared to the average number under former coach Mack Brown from 2010 to 2013, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

University records show Longhorns players were subjected to an average of 104 tests per season during Brown's tenure compared to the 188 administered in the eight months since Strong was hired.

That puts the program on pace to more than double the previous average number of tests by season's end.

Associate athletic director Allen Hardin, who oversees the school's sports medicine and drug testing program, told the publication the entire football team was tested in March after returning from spring break.

Longhorns athletes can be drug tested at any time for any reason, "numerous times during any given academic year," according to the 2014-15 student-athlete handbook.

Hardin acknowledged that emphasis is placed on possible repeat offenders. 

"We identify those who are more at-risk and they are tested more frequently."

(H/T Burnt Orange Nation)